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patches, and near the base some spots, dots and points of the same hue. 

 Hind wiugs with black veins. Length of the body 8 lines; expansion of 

 the fore wings 14 lines. 



a. S. Africa. Presented by Sir A, Smith. 



44. Caloptenus sordidus. 



Piceus, gracilis, sublus fulvus; caput hrevissimum, fastigio subhexa- 

 gonali ; anlenncB suhplaiue ; prolhorax sublricarinuliis, sublitiler 

 sciiber, margine poslico valde rotundato ; proslerni spina siibtrans- 

 versa, valde incrassala, apice plana ; femora postica lutea, supra 

 nigricanlia, extits nigro interruple univillafa ; intus vigro trima- 

 culata ; iibiie poslica lule(B ; alee anticce cinerea, corpore breviores, 

 gutlis punclisque plurimis e venis piceis. 



Piceous, slender, tawny beneath. Head very short ; tip of the vertex 

 flat, subhexagonal ; front largely punctured ; keels strongly marked ; inner 

 keels parallel ; outer keels diverging slightly towards the face. Eyes sub- 

 elliptical. AnlennjE slightly flattened, pale testaceous at the base. Pro- 

 thorax finely scabrous, slightly widening hindward, with three very slight 

 keels and with slight transverse impressed lines ; fore border and sides 

 very slightly rounded; hind border much rounded. Prosternal spine very 

 thick, slightly transverse, very flat at the tip. Hind femora luteous, 

 blackish above, with a black interrupted stripe on the outer side, and with 

 three black spots on the inner side ; hind tibiae luteous, a little shorter than 

 the hind femora, their spines with black tips. Fore wings cinereous, rather 

 shorter than the body, with many dots and points formed by piceous veins. 

 Length of the body 8 lines; expansion of the fore wings 15 lines. 



o. Natal. From Dr. Krauss' collection. 



45. Caloptenus stramineus. 



Fcem. Testaceus, sat gracilis ; caput breve, postice nigro sexmaculatum, 

 fastigio excavato pentagonali ; antenncB apices versus picece, subtus 

 nigrce ; prolhorax subcarinalus, maculis duabus fusccscentibus magnis 

 quadralis nigro marginalis ; proslerni spina brevis, transversa, valde 

 oblusa ; femora postica abdomini cequilonga, fasciis duabus nigris 

 excavalis ex parte fuscis ; alee anticce corpore perpaullo breviores, 

 venulis transversis nigricanlibus ; alee postica cinereo marginatcc. 



Female. Testaceous, rather slender. Head short, smooth, with three 

 black spots between each eye and the hind border; tip of the vertex de- 

 pressed, pentagonal ; front thinly punctured, with four slight nearly parallel 

 keels. Eyes very pale, elongate-oval. Antenna piceous towards tlie tips, 

 black beneath. Prothorax with a slight dorsal keel ; no lateral keels ; four 

 slight transverse impressed lines; a large brownish black-bordered quadrate 

 spot on each side; fore border nearly straight; sides slightly rounded; 

 hind border much rounded. Prosternal spine short, transverse, very obtuse. 

 Hind femora as long as the abdomen, with two black irregular excavated 

 partly brown bands above; hind tibiie shorter than the hind femora, their 

 spines with black tips. Fore wings nearly as long as the body, with many 

 black transverse sectors. Hind wings pellucid, cinereous towards the tips 



